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Italian Prime Minister Prodi resigns

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned Thursday after a Senate vote produced an expected defeat for his 20-month-old government.

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Prodi faces crisis of confidence

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi staked his government Tuesday on a parliamentary vote of confidence after an ally abandoned him.

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Italian official quits after wife's arrest

Italian Justice Minister Clemente Mastella has resigned after his wife, Sandra Lonardo, was accused of extortion.

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U.S. would not send CIA agents to Italy

A U.S. State Department official says Washington would refuse an Italian request to extradite CIA operatives in the abduction of terror suspects.

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Italian government split on CIA case

Charges against 26 U.S. spy agency personnel and six Italian intelligence officers involved in an alleged kidnapping have split the Italian government.

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Army may be sent to quell Naples crime

Italy may send army troops to quell rising crimes in Naples, where an 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death Tuesday, the third such killing in as many days. Justice Minister Clemente Mastella said that the army idea "is no longer a taboo because somethin

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Italy orders internal probe into spy plot

Italy's Justice minister has ordered government inspectors to investigate whether ministry officials were involved in an alleged plot to spy on civilians.

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Italians debate Bush visit

Italian politicians are debating whether anti-Bush demonstrations would be appropriate during the president's forthcoming visit to Rome.

Mario Clemente Mastella (born 5 February 1947) is an Italian politician. He is currently leader of Popular-UDEUR, a minor centrist Italian party. He was Minister of Labour in the Berlusconi government from 10 May 1994 to 17 January 1995, and Minister of Justice in the Prodi government from 17 May 2006 to 17 January 2008. In addition Mastella is also mayor of his native town, Ceppaloni.

Mastella was born in Ceppaloni, province of Benevento.

A former long-time member of the Christian Democracy party and Member of Parliament since 1976, after the break-up of his party in 1994 Mastella founded a new party, called Centro Cristiano Democratico, together with Pierferdinando Casini. After the victory of Silvio Berlusconi in the 1994 elections, he was successively appointed as Minister of Labour.

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